About Me

Jim Killebrew has 40 years of clinical psychological work for people with intellectual disabilities, and experience teaching, administration, consulting, writing with multiple publications. Dr. Killebrew has attended four Universities and received advanced degrees. Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Educational Psychology; University of Illinois at Springfield, Counseling Education; M.A., Human Development Counseling; Northeastern Oklahoma State University, B.A., Psychology and Sociology. Dr. Killebrew attended Lincoln Christian Seminary (Now Lincoln Christian University). Writing contributions have been accepted and published in several journals: Hospital & Community Psychiatry, The Lookout, and Christian Standard (multiple articles). He may be reached at Killebrewjb@aol.com.

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Bureaucracies

We are being strangled by the massive number of laws on the books,
the rules and regulations created to enforce those laws. Businesses are
being choked by stacks of state and federal paperwork needed to take
any step forward. Threats of restricting funds for not being compliant
with some federal edict is rampant, even at the highest levels in
government. As the government grows larger and larger, becoming the
largest employer, the massive regulatory actions of large departments threaten to clog up every aspect of life for the average American citizen.

Keep in mind that bureaucracies are like galaxies in the universe: They
are relatively independent of each other, yet interrelated; they are
fighting for independent survival and constantly growing, but competing
for the same space or resources as all the others; and they are in the
process of protecting their own, especially those in the hierarchy that
are closer to the top or at the center. Once formed the bureaucracy must
consume resources just for survival; and the larger it grows the more
resources it needs.

The thing we must remember, however, is the
bureaucracy does not produce any product to generate independent
resources; it only takes from those who do produce and redistributes
those resources to those who have not produced it. So when the
government bureaucracy uses money to stimulate economic growth, much of
that will be used to maintain or grow the bureaucracy.
When the
liberals are clamoring to continue to grow the government to bigger and
bigger proportions, it is only logical to realize the bureaucracy that
surrounds the extended government departments for new initiatives will
cost more money as the civil servants are added by the tens of
thousands.

When the more conservative politicians want to reduce
the size of government, it logically follows the reduction of
bureaucracy follows. That action causes a consolidation of fewer
regulations, a reduction of duplication of efforts, and a more
streamlined implementation of the laws passed.
Bureaucracy only
robs Peter to pay Paul; and Peter will eventually run out of money after
having been robbed so many times. Not to mention that Peter will likely
lose heart and simply reduce or eliminate his production.